At 07:05 PM 5/8/2001 +0000, Dr. Evil wrote:
>Are there some disk wiping programs for Linux, which overwrite all
>data on a disk a few times, so it can't be recovered? Ideally, this
>should be an option on the mkfs command, like mkfs -w /dev/hda1. mkfs
>has a -c option, but that doesn't do it, I think.
Not that I know of, but that's the beauty of (most things) Linux. mke2fs
is part of the e2fsprogs package; adding a wipe-disk feature wouldn't be
unreasonably complicated. Doing a half-dozen overwrites will slow things
down by a healthy margin, but it could be done with relative ease.
What's the "recommended" overwrite procedure? I have a vague memory of it
involving writing 00 and FF and a few other things, and then some
(pseudo)random data, and an equally vague memory of some DOD standard.
I'll try to search for it later on if I stay awake that long.
...dave
